As a parent, Do you ever feel like you do the same thing
over and over?

Sometimes it’s the good stuff: giving kisses, getting snuggles, singing songs, and having dance parties.

But sometimes, those daily tasks feels like stringing beads onto a rope without a knot on the end. You put a bead on, and then it just falls off, and you do it again.

Folding socks for the 12654654 time? Stringing beads.

Making mac n cheese that will probably not be eaten? Stringing beads.

Reading Little Blue Truck again? Stringing beads.

Though exhausting, these little moments are some of our very favorites.

These are the everyday things that define our life right now.

As mundane as they can feel, they are oh-so-worth remembering.

INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHER

If you want perfect photos in matching outfits,
I’m not your girl.

I want to photograph the realness, everydayness, and messiness of your days.

Do you love bath time?
Let’s photograph that.

You make pancakes every Saturday?
I want to be there for it.

You go to a lake house for a week in the summer?
Let me come!

“Enjoy it while it lasts…”

We hear it all the time and I am trying my very best, but am I enjoying it enough?

I tell myself that I am, when I soak in the snuggle from my one year old and have dance parties every night as a family.

Time may feel like it is slipping through your fingers, and you feel all the feelings about that.

Let me show you how well you’re enjoying these moments.

“These photos are magic.”

I often hear that parents don’t know how I was able to capture what I did when the toddler was having an absolute meltdown. It’s because I get it. I am in this with you. I often leave a session giggling because we talked shop almost the whole time. Wake windows? Yep I know. You haven’t slept in months? Ope me either. Tried making baby food and it was an absolute fail? Been there. 

You will leave the session feeling like you just hung out with a friend (uh hello because I am now!).

I SEE YOU. I GET YOU. I AM YOU.

“I still don’t know how she worked her magic,

since my 15 mo old was in a mood the entire session despite snacks and toys we brought! Photo quality is great. She captured my kids’ personalities and made the session fun! We will be able to cherish these forever!”

THE REED FAMILY

Your life is wildly photogenic…

…and I want to show you.

I know deep in my bones that you’re feeling all the feelings about parenthood. The days feel absolutely endless, yet somehow they are slipping through your fingers. I want you to see how well you’re living this life. How even the frustrating messy moments, you’re there and in it, and you’re making magic along the way.

“Emily has this unique way of putting everyone at ease and capturing moments you didn’t even realize were special and turning them into art.

I love her vision and the way she goes with the flow of things, even when my kids weren’t. I was blown away at the end result - gorgeous (in my completely untidy home), unique family photos. And? It was fun!”

THE BENDER FAMILY